Paper-holder



J. C. WASSER.

4 PAPER HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10, 1920.

1,338,051 Patented Apr. 27,1920...

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PAPER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntcl Apr. 27 1920.

Application filed January 10, 1920. Serial No. 350.535.

7 '0 (all VII/$01M it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrri C. WAssEn a' citizen of the United States, residing at- Caseyville, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. i

The present invention relates to paper holders, such as are used for holding a roll of wrapping paper, and the invention has for its object the provision of novel and improved, yet simple and inexpensive means for holding the ends of the paper-holding rod on their seats, to prevent such rod from being pulled loose as frequently occurs when the roll of paper becomes small in size and light in weight.

A further object is the provision of latches carried by the standards or posts of the holder above the rod seats so mounted and arranged that they can be employed for holding the rod on the seats and being operable to enable said rod to be removed and replaced when substituting an exhausted roll of pa er by a new one.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts here inafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the holder, portions being broken away, showing the improvements.

Fig. 2 is a detail view showing one of the latches.

The holder is of usual construction, comprising the base 2 on which a pair ofstandards or posts 1 is mounted, the upper ends of said standards being connected by a cross bar 3. The standards 1 haveconcaved seats 4 to receive the terminals of the rod 5 on which the roll 6 of paper is mounted for-"rotation. The foregoing structure is common in paper holders, and it frequently happens that when the roll 6 becomes small and light in weight, the rod 5 will be pulled from its seats, as the weight of the roll is not suflicient to hold the rod in the seats, against the force exerted in pulling the paper from the roll. This causes annoyance and inconvenience.

In carrying out the invention, a vertical depending latch 7 is carried by each standard 1 above the seats 4, and is provided at its lower end with a recess or notch 8 complementing the seat 4 to fit over the end of the rod, as seen in full lines in Fig. 2. In orderto suspend this latch, it is provided near its upper end with a vertical elongated slot 9 receiving a stud bolt 10 extending from the standard 1, thereby enabling said latch to be swung to opposite sides of the holder, and to be shifted vertically. A thumb nut 11 is screw threaded on said bolt 10 for holding the latch thereon and to clamp the latch.

When the rod 5 is in place, the latches 7 can be moved downwardly so that their lower ends fit on and seat against the ends of the rod 5, and the nuts 11 can be tightened thereby clamping the latches in place, which will prevent any possibility of the rod 5 umping out of its seats. Even should the nuts 11 become loosened, the latches 7 will still prevent the rod from moving out of its seats. To remove the rod 5 for replacing the roll of paper, the nuts 11 are loosened, which enables the latches to be raised with the rod and then by moving the rod toward one side and swinging the latches 7 with it, as indicated in dotted lines, in Fig. 2, said rod can be moved over the respective ends of the seats l. To replace the rod, the latches are swung toward one side and raised, and the rod placed in the notches 8 so that said rod can be moved sidewise over the seats and dropped into them, the latches moving downwardly with the rod. Nuts 11 can then be tightened.

The latches 7 can be readily applied to paper holders already in use, by suspending them from bolts 10 engaged with the standards 1, and the improvements can therefore be installed on paper holders generally at small expense and with little trouble.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A paper holder having a seat for a paper-holding rod and a latch carried by the holder above said seat for vertical sliding movement and for swinging movement to seat on the rod and to swing with the rod.

2. A paper holder having a seat for a paper-holding rod and a bolt above said name to this specification in the presence of seazlt, angii a latchdhavglng 2:1 recess at its lower two subscribing witnesses.

en to t on sai r0 an having a vertical slot through which bolt extends for mount- JOSEPH WASSER ing said latch for vertical sliding movement Witnesses:

and for swinging movement. LEONARD L. GILL, In testimony whereof I have signed my Mosn H. TWIss. 

